RE: Triggers

[Bill Erhardt <ERHARDT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What you say is true.  Since we haven't really worked out the nuances of
activation groups, all of out ILE programs use QILE as there activation
group.  So, in this case, I believe we are ok.
Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bmorris@ca.ibm.com [SMTP:bmorris@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:06 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Triggers
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> >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:56:52 -0500
> >From: Bill Erhardt <ERHARDT@baldwinhq.com>
> >
> >Sure, try this
> > PGM        PARM(&PARM1 &PARM2)
> >  DCL        VAR(&PARM1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1418)
> >  DCL        VAR(&PARM2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
> >  CALL       PGM(RHPKMSTRGR) PARM(&PARM1 &PARM2)
> >  RCLACTGRP  ACTGRP(*ELIGIBLE)
> > ENDPGM
> 
> RCLACTGRP(*ELIGIBLE) in a trigger program?  This could have the
> same level of effect as doing a CLRLIB QTEMP in a trigger program.
> 
> It might be ok for a particular application if the application
> is all in the same activation group, and therefore not eligible
> to be reclaimed, and there is no possibility of other activation
> groups now or later that can be affected.  But as a general
> purpose template, this is very dangerous.
> 
> RCLACTGRP(*ELIGIBLE) isn't always wise even at the end of an
> application (better to reclaim activation groups explicitly
> by name).  Coding it as part of a trigger program, to be done
> on every trigger event, is likely to cause problems in your
> application if there are programs that have ended with LR off,
> expecting to be in the same state the next time they get called.
> But even if LR-OFF programs can safely get reinitialized at
> any time during the application, reclaiming idle activation
> groups during the application will cause the activation groups
> to be recreated the next time a program gets called.  This
> can be expensive.
> 
> Barbara Morris
> 
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